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Russia’s coronavirus case has surpassed 980,000 after 4,829 new cases were reported in the country in the last 24 hours.
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The number of coronavirus cases in Latin America has exceeded seven million, as legislators in the Argentine capital passed legislation allowing relatives to maintain a bedside vigil for patients who died of COVD-19.
- Amid a three-digit increase in cases, South Korea increased social-distance rules in the capital, Seoul, while India recorded a record surge in daily cases. New Delhi has recorded the highest single-day caseload in the world every day since August 7.
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More than 24.56 million people worldwide have been diagnosed with coronavirus, and 16 million have recovered, according to Johns Hopkins University. More than 835,000 people have died.
Here are the latest updates:
Saturday 29 August
08:20 GMT – Record increase in coronavirus cases in Ukraine
A record 2,481 cases of the new coronavirus have been reported in Ukraine in the past 24 hours, officials said on Saturday, up from 2,438 in the previous day.
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Europe: With COVID-19 cases on the rise, several countries have tightened measures |
Ukraine imposed a temporary ban on the entry of most foreigners into the country until September 28 this week, and the increase comes after increasing lockdown measures until the end of October to end the recent increase in cases.
A total of 116,987 virus infections and 2,492 deaths have been reported in the country so far.
08:15 GMT – Russia’s coronavirus death toll is over 17,000
Russia says the new coronavirus has killed 111 people in the past 24 hours, bringing the official death toll to 17,025.
Russia’s coronavirus task force registered 4,941 new cases, bringing its nationwide number to 985,346, the fourth largest caseload in the world.
08:10 GMT – Namibia opens airports and schools but extends curfew overnight
Namibia will lift lockdown restrictions, allow international travel, reopen schools from September and increase alcohol consumption, President Hedge Jingob announced, but he extended the curfew overnight as the Covid-19 case escalated.
Two million countries in South Africa now have V90906 confirmed COVID-19 cases and the disease is not yet covered – 55 of its 65 deaths were in August alone.
But like other South African countries, leaders are weighing the impact of the virus against the huge economic and social damage caused by the lockdown.
07:50 GMT – One more increase in daily coronavirus cases in India
In India, 76,472 new coronavirus cases have been reported, which is slightly lower than the record-breaking figures of the last few days, but the country’s one-run outbreak is currently the worst in the world.
A total of 46.4646 million cases were reported during the epidemic in India, lagging behind the United States and Brazil in terms of total case load.
However, the South Asian country has reported more single-day cases than the two countries for almost two weeks.
A community health volunteer checks the temperature of a girl during a check-up campaign for coronavirus in a Mumbai slum. [Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters]
India’s death toll has risen from 1,021 to 62,550, according to figures from the federal health ministry, but local media have reported that some nationwide travel bans could be eased from next week.
In the last two days, 111 people have been killed in all the states of Mumbai, the economic capital of the western Indian state of Maharashtra, the largest increase.
06:50 GMT – 5,824 new coronavirus cases have been reported in Mexico
Mexico’s Ministry of Health confirmed coronavirus infection, 2૨. Newly confirmed cases and fat fat have reported additional deaths, resulting in a total of 58,585,73 cases and 63,16 deaths in the country.
The government has said the actual number of infected people is significantly higher than confirmed cases.
05:50 GMT – Malaysia extends ban on foreign tourists
Malaysia has increased its epidemic movement restrictions, including a ban on foreign tourists until the end of the year.
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Prime Minister Muhsin Yassin said in a televised address that global cases were on the rise and that scattered virus clusters had been found in the country despite the situation being under control.
More than 9,000 cases have been reported in Malaysia with 125 deaths.
04:27 GMT – Australia Victoria, Australia, has the lowest number of cases in two months
Australia The state of Victoria in Australia has seen the lowest increase in new coronavirus cases in almost two months, but officials have warned that there will be no rush to lift restrictions on social distance.
State officials on Saturday noted 94 new COVID-19 infections and 18 deaths. This is the first time that the number of new daily cases has dropped below 100 in eight weeks, and this week has continued a steady downward trend.
“Every day we see that the strategy is working is a good day, but we need a little more time to be confident, in fact, we beat it and we can slowly, surely, safely open up,” said Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews. Said in a television news briefing.
03:52 GMT – German court moves against coronavirus curbs
A court in the German capital, Berlin, in response to an appeal by police, upheld a further decision to hold a weekend protest against coronavirus sanctions.
The decision is final.
Officials announced the ban earlier this week after an event by similar organizers broke up earlier this month because thousands of participants – not wearing masks or keeping the necessary distance from each other.
03:11 GMT – Argentina reports a record case but eases the lockdown
Argentina reported 11,717 new coronavirus cases on Friday, its highest daily surge, but the government went ahead with its plans to simplify nationwide lockdown measures.
“Today we can take new steps by authorizing meetings of up to ten people in the open air, maintaining a distance of two meters and using masks. This will be implemented across the country,” said President Alberto Fernandez. Television address
Epidemic-related sanctions in the country began on March 20. The newer, more relaxed rules are to run until at least September 20th.
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Argentina rushes to produce COVID-19 vaccine (2:40) |
02:40 GMT – The Colombia Football League will resume in September
Colombia’s top football league will resume playing in September, Sports Minister Ernesto Lucena said on Friday, although the games will take place without spectators.
The league was postponed in March due to a coronavirus epidemic.
“The good news for Colombia today is that we will have football in the third week of September,” Lucena said during President Evan Duke’s nightly TV broadcast. “It will be a closed door – we have said from the beginning – there will be no capacity for the public.”
01:33 GMT – Researchers in the U.S. Identified the first case of rearrangement in
Researchers in Nevada said this could be the first documented case of coronavirus re-infection in the United States, following similar reports from Hong Kong and Europe earlier this week.
Initially in April, the virus was a 25-year-old Reno man, who contracted the virus again and tested negative twice, and then tested positive again in June. He was very ill for the second time with the need for hospitalization and oxygen treatment from pneumonia.
The findings have not yet been published or reviewed by other scientists, but have been posted on a research site.
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Scientists from the University of Nevada, the Reno School of Medicine and the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory said they were able to show by cultured genetic testing that the virus associated with each instance of a human infection represents a genetically diverse species.
Mark Pandori, director of the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory, said the case should be confined to our brains that the virus has no such thing … involvability.
“Someone can get sick again and that illness can be very serious.”
01:05 GMT – Most US states reject Trump administration’s new test guidelines
Most states in the United States have rejected new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for testing COVID-19, according to a Reuters news agency report, citing public health experts as “distrustful” in their control of the procedure. Epidemic by the administration of US President Donald Trump.
At least 33 states continue to test people who have been exposed to COVID-19 and have no symptoms, according to a guideline published by the CDC this week that testing may be unnecessary.
Reuters said 16 states did not immediately respond to requests for comment and North Dakota said it had made no decision.
Harvard T.H. “These are rebellious states against the new guidelines,” Michael Meena, an assistant professor of epidemiology at the Chan School of Public Health, told the agency.
00:49 GMT – Rio de Janeiro governor suspended over alleged COVID-19 clause
A Brazilian court has temporarily removed Wilson Witzel, the governor of Rio de Janeiro, over an alleged clause in the purchase of medical supplies and services.
In a statement to reporters, the governor described his 180-day suspension by the federal agency as a politically motivated “circus” involving ties to the family of President Jair Bolsonaro by a public prosecutor, and based on false testimony made by his former health secretary.
With the court’s decision, federal police arrested nine people as part of an investigation into their clause and carried out 83 raids on Witzel’s associates on Friday, prosecutors said.
Rio de Janeiro Governor Wilson Witzel hints when he speaks to the media at the Lan Ranjiras Palace in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [Pilar Olivares/ Reuters]
00:10 – Canada extends ban on most foreign tourists
To help combat the spread of COVID-19, Canada is extending its travel ban for another month, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair announced on Twitter.
Canadian citizens and permanent residents returning from abroad will be subject to strict quarantine measures, he added.
A 14-day quarantine period is required for arrival in Canada.
Canadian citizens and permanent residents returning to Canada will be subject to strict quarantine measures. Exemptions and other details can be found here: https://t.co/zESXaTXBNj (2/2)
– Bill Blair (bilblair) August 28, 2020
Hello and welcome to Al Jazeera’s ongoing coverage of the coronavirus epidemic. I am Zahina Rashid, a man from Maldives.
For all the major developments since yesterday, 28 August Gust, go here.
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